wherein you will find ramblings about fiber dyeing, spinning, knitting,... and photos (sometimes), family and friend updates, rants when i need to, lack of upper case letters, weird punctuation and freedom of expression (especially mine)! To answer the question of where did it come from... this "twisted mom/twisted sandy" thing. ...during the 90's a group of my spinning students became spinning friends, which morphed into Twisted Sisters, which evolved into calling me the Twisted Mom.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

a very good day

and it was a good day... in fact a very good day! we went to Portland to see a play at Portland Center Stage, The Santaland Diaries, written by David Sedaris... which i'd listened to on my iPod and laughed out loud thru it!! was a really good one-man production. the story of an out-of-work man who took a job as an elf at Macy's xmas Santaland and all the insanity that evolved from that. very very funny! then we had an hour and a half to fill before Eleni's Restaurant opened, so went to "Life of Riley" for a hot toddy... it was a cold day and we needed warming..... we made that toddy stretch out for an hour, then found a fine gift shop to browse. finally!! dinner!! the owner Eleni Touhouliotis has 2 restaurants in portland, highly regarded and well-reviewed, with a menu of Greek/Cretan dishes. She is from Hania, Crete which is the nearest city to the village we go to in Crete... so our high expectations were well met. we both really enjoyed our meals. and i had retsina before and ouzo after... so greek!! and Jim indulged with baklava, which had abundance of honey!

after we'd gotten home and soothed the disgruntled dogs (we'd been gone ALL DAY) with cookies of their favorite dog variety, i decided to spin awhile and indulged myself with the ever so special solstice gift i'd received from Lynne.... cashmere! the ultimate in luxury and soft soft soft! oh, my... mmmmmm..

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"Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain."

and another reminder to myself: "Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty, well-preseved body, but rather to skid in broadside, with wine glass in one hand and chocolate in the other, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... WOW! What a ride!!"

About Me

I knit, spin, dye fiber, quilt, garden, live in the pacific northwest and love it all. whenever i have the opportunity, i enable others in all things fibery. as often as possible i spend time in a small village in the rugged hills of Crete, Greece and enjoy being with friends there (some of whom have become like family)... and enjoy the local wine and raki. and i always love coming home to my queendom and our sweet dogs, Meika and Tasha... a siberian husky and a mix of husky and who knows.